this summer, i toured the balvenie distillery, where i got to "dip the dog" and bottle my own 200ml bottle of whisky right from the cask. of the three options presented, i chose a 12-year-old that had spent its life in a sherry butt. and it was absolutely glorious (and now, sadly, gone).

the only thing i've had back home that comes close is the aberlour a'bunadh (batch 46). and i really like that too. but are there any others that i should be trying? the glenfarclas 105, for instance?

i must say i'm a bit disappointed in the aberlour 12 year old non-chill filtered. it's a nice whisky, to be sure - but i was expecting a bit more complexity. i realize that it's not a "sherry bomb," per se, but it has a pleasant enough sherry nose to it. it's just a bit... bland, i'm afraid.

next time, i'll go back to the a'bunadh. or maybe just get a glenfarclas 12, which to my nose is much more sherried.

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